If your beach vacation includes golf, Perdido Key makes a great home base to try the area’s golf courses. The golf courses are open to the public and are just minutes away from the sparkling waters of the Gulf of Mexico. No matter your level of play, there’s a Perdido Key golf course that will provide you with a challenging day on the links.

Lost Key Golf Club

Lost Key Golf Club is the only golf course actually on Perdido Key. It is an 18-hole Arnold Palmer Championship public golf course and provides players with an unsurpassed golf experience. Redesigned by the Arnold Palmer Design Group in 2006, the par 71 signature designed championship course features the new Sea Dwarf Paspalum grass from the tee through the green for the optimum in quality playing surfaces and green speeds. Each golf hole includes five sets of tees and offers players of all skill levels a unique visual and strategic playing experience. For more information or to book a tee time, visit their homepage.

A recent reviewer writes “When it comes to golf courses in the Pensacola area, Lost Key Golf Club is certainly one of the top facilities in the area. The golf course is framed by the natural beauty of Perdido Key and is ideally located between historic downtown Pensacola and the pristine sugar sand beaches of Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, AL.”

Some of the vacation rentals in Lost Key Golf and Beach Club offer free golf with your stay. Check them out here!

Perdido Key Golf Club

Perdido Bay Golf Club was the former site of the Pensacola Open for 10 years, and continues to hold its integrity as a premier championship golf course. The club is less than 10 minutes away from Perdido Key and is very popular with vacationers from Florida and Alabama. Perdido Bay Golf club has a beautiful links style layout that will be remembered long after your score is forgotten. Plush fairways and great Tif Eagle Bermuda greens combined with the finest practice facility in the area have made Perdido Bay Golf Club the premier course to play. 

One reviewer wrote “Perdido Bay Golf is one of the best clubs in the area!!! From the friendly staff to the great course conditions!!!  From the time you walk in you feel welcome, not typical to the stuffy good ole boy clubs… Dan, the head pro, is as knowledgeable as they come and is there for any help you may need. They have a great pro shop that has anything you’ll need for a great day of golfing.”

For more information, or to book a tee time, contact the pro shop at 850-492-1223

A.C. Read Golf Course 

A.C. Read Golf Course is located on the Pensacola Naval Air Station and is open to the public.  It has been officially recognized as a featured Florida Historical Golf Course.With its old Naval live oaks, many water holes and coveted location along Bayou Grande, A.C. Read is one of the most beautiful courses in the Navy as well as the Florida panhandle. A.C. Read Golf Club offers 27 championship holes with an additional 18 hole executive course.

Please call ahead before visiting to get current entrance requirements. To visit A.C. Reed Golf Course, you can gain access by coming through the main access gate and filling out a background check form at the Visitor Control Center for a day pass. Call 850-452-4153 for more information.